Comments on: Magazine publishing: An awful, horrible decision

By: Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:27:18 +0000

Dead link? Or did you correct it for me, since I clicked on it and it works fine? Or is it that WordPress database connection error? *sigh*

By: Ray Hartley

Ray Hartley — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:17:15 +0000

Simone – dead link. But I have read it …

By: Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:40:50 +0000

So many different sides to the story…

Talking about Caxton, my editor’s blog post on how the ABC is handling this is also worth reading: The ABC of crisis management…

By: Bonginkosi

Bonginkosi — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:08:50 +0000

Don’t you love the way business is such an ‘old boys’ club’? People in business are always so scared to break ranks and go against their brethren. Only to think that we place so much trust in them. She is probably high up there amongst the people you wouldn’t want to offend i magazine publishing.

And somehow we find it so surprising that the judges don’t want to break rank with one of their own? We also are surprised when none of the soccer bosses bar one or two speak out against the infamous R 10m/person commissions.

By: Sarah Britten

Sarah Britten — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:54:21 +0000

Heh heh, good one.

By: Media26

Media26 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:26:13 +0000

It’s outrageous. Magazine publishers have very, very detailed information on their sales – to the point that they know how many copies were sold in each individual outlet. While Scholtemeyer would not be involved at the same level as a circulation manager, I find it very hard to believe she had no idea at all. This is bad for all magazines, even those outside of Media26. Sorry. Media24.

By: Justin Hartman

Justin Hartman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:09:44 +0000

Just got this from Simone @ Biz where Caxton weighs in on the circulation saga:
http://tinylink.co.za/891c73

By: Sarah Britten

Sarah Britten — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:52:28 +0000

I wonder if The Media – the magazine that bestowed this award on her – will cover this issue.

By: Justin Hartman

Justin Hartman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:42:27 +0000

Its a sad day for the Media sector in this country. I saw the shock news on Biz and I must admit this woman should have lost her job, never mind the Chair at MPASA.

Having worked at Media24 magazine division in the past I know how involved Patricia is with “her” magazines and in particular the circulation of them so I’m struggling to come to grips with the fact that she knew nothing of this scandal prior to it breaking.

By: Sarah Britten

Sarah Britten — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:23:23 +0000

Ms Scholtemeyer was given an award for being woman of the year in media earlier this year. I atteded the function. In fact, I think I even blogged about it.

I suppose hindsight is 20/20.